MetodoInternational Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy is an international, peer reviewed journal founded by the association “Metodo” in 2012. Its aim is to promote the dialogue between phenomenological scholarship and other scientific and philosophical currents of thought.

Each issue is devoted to a specific topic, and it is edited by two editors. Metodo welcomes proposals by scholars external to the editorial board to be editors of a thematic issue.

A section “Varia” is open to articles on other topics which are relevant in the contemporary philosophical discussion. The number of articles accepted for this section is limited to a maximum of three articles per issue.

Metodo publishes both articles which are systematic in nature, as well as articles with a more historical character – provided that they offer a relevant contribution to the current debates concerning the topic of the issue.

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The Awareness of Human Finitude and Creativity: Hermeneutic Phenomenology In Response to the Contemporary Ethical and Political Challenges

Gašper Pirc

Abstract

In the article, I argue that Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology could serve as a basis for the understanding of contemporary social challenges by providing us with pre-requirements for conducting responsible ethics and politics, particularly due to its exposition of awareness of our finiteness, the importance of conversation and the significance of practical wisdom (phronesis). I also claim that Gadamer's hermeneutics cannot be fully appropriated and that it should be supplemented with the philosophy that is attentive to the ever-present possibility of radical difference which eludes domestication and demands creative response to its challenge. I emphasize the role of imagination in responsible approaching to the true alterity and investigate Kant's, Castoriadis' and Ricoeur's insights into said faculty. I conclude that both the awareness of our historicity, which orients us in the world, and imagination, which assists us in reaching to the other, must be recognized as the pre-conditions of responsible ethical action in contemporary society.